>> i'm out here going city to city and rooting out harassries among conservatives. >> chris: i hope you are making money you will need it to pay higher tax rates. >> and the lawyers, too. >> chris: there you go. start with benghazi. the president was asked -- he wasn't asked much about it today. but asked at the event on the night of the attack he said i told officials to do everything they could to protect the americans. fred barnes how does it move the story forward or not? >> for one thing it moves it a little. he was immediately involved. this was a 7-hour episode in benghazi. the attack on the consulate and the c.i.a. annex. it leads to another question. the question is well, you ordered this. why was so little done in why did nobody go there to rescue the ambassador or to rescue the people at the c.i.a. annex? why was so little done? he certainly didn't answer that. i thought when he got to the question of susan rice as well -- >> chris: we'll get to that in a minute. >> anyway, he raised another question there. >> you will get a swing at that. let me push back on this, a.b. leon